AMD GA-K8NS PRO-939 - Manuals

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Nov. 15, 2004 Motherboard GA-K8NS-939 Motherboard GA-K8NS-939 Nov. 15, 2004

Page 5 - Table of Contents

- 5 - Table of Contents GA-K8NS-939 / GA-K8NS Pro-939 Motherboard Layout .............................................. 7Block Diagram ............................................................................................................... 8 Chapter 1 Hardware Installation ......................

Page 8 - Block Diagram

- 8 - Block Diagram Line-Out MIC AMD K8 Socket 939 CPU CPUCLK+/-(800MHz) AGPCLK (66MHz) Hyper Transport Bus nVIDIA ® vForce TM 3 Ultra DDR 400/333/266/200MHz DIMM 24MHz 33MHz IT8712 2 Serial ATA ATA33/66/100/133 IDE Channels CODEC Line-In PCICLK (33MHz) 5 PCI PCI Bus Marvell 8001 RJ45 8 USB Ports Du...

Page 9 - Hardware Installation; English; Considerations Prior to Installation; Preparing Your Computer; Chapter 1 Hardware Installation

Hardware Installation - 9 - English 1-1 Considerations Prior to Installation Preparing Your Computer The motherboard contains numerous delicate electronic circuits and components which canbecome damaged as a result of electrostatic discharge (ESD). Thus, prior to installation, pleasefollow the instr...

Page 10 - Feature Summary

GA-K8NS-939/GA-K8NS Pro-939 Motherboard - 10 - English Motherboard GA-K8NS-939 or GA-K8NS Pro-939 CPU Socket 939 for AMD Athlon TM 64 / 64FX processor (K8) 2000MT/s system bus Supports core frequencies in excess of 3000+ and faster Chipset nVIDIA ® nForce3 TM Ultra Chipset Memory 4 DDR D...

Page 12 - Installation of the CPU and Heatsink; overheating and permanent damage of the CPU may occur.

GA-K8NS-939/GA-K8NS Pro-939 Motherboard - 12 - English 1-3 Installation of the CPU and Heatsink Before installing the CPU, please comply with the following conditions:1. Please make sure that the motherboard supports the CPU.2. Please take note of the one indented corner of the CPU. If you install t...

Page 14 - is switched off to prevent hardware damage.; Installation of Memory

GA-K8NS-939/GA-K8NS Pro-939 Motherboard - 14 - English Before installing the memory modules, please comply with the following conditions:1. Please make sure that the memory used is supported by the motherboard. It is recommended that memory of similar capacity, specifications and brand be used. 2. B...

Page 15 - Dual Channel Memory Configuration

Hardware Installation - 15 - English Dual Channel Memory Configuration The GA-K8NS-939 / GA-K8NS Pro-939 supports the Dual Channel Technology. When the Dual ChannelTechnology is activated, the bandwidth of memory bus will be double the original one. Due to CPU limitation, if you want to operate the ...

Page 16 - Installation of Expansion Cards; Installing a AGP VGA card:

GA-K8NS-939/GA-K8NS Pro-939 Motherboard - 16 - English 1-5 Installation of Expansion Cards You can install your expansion card by following the steps outlined below:1. Read the related expansion card's instruction document before install the expansion card into the computer. 2. Remove your computer'...

Page 17 - I/O Back Panel Introduction; Connects to serial-based mouse or data processing devices.

Hardware Installation - 17 - English 1-6 I/O Back Panel Introduction PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector To install a PS/2 port keyboard and mouse, plug the mouse to the upper port (green) and the keyboard to thelower port (purple). Parallel Port The parallel port allows connection of a printer, ...

Page 18 - Connectors Introduction

GA-K8NS-939/GA-K8NS Pro-939 Motherboard - 18 - English 1-7 Connectors Introduction 1) ATX_12V2) ATX (Power Connector)3) CPU_FAN4) SYS_FAN5) NB_FAN6) FDD7) IDE1 / IDE28) SATA0_SB / SATA1_SB9) PWR_LED 10) F_PANEL 11) F_AUDIO 12) CD_IN13) SUR_CEN14) SPDIF_IO15) F_USB1 / F_USB216) F1_1394* / F2_1394*17)...

Page 25 - Please contact your nearest dealer for optional SUR_CEN cable.

Hardware Installation - 25 - English 13) SUR_CEN (Surround Center Connector) Please contact your nearest dealer for optional SUR_CEN cable. Pin No. Definition 1 SUR OUTL 2 SUR OUTR 3 GND 4 No Pin 5 CENTER_OUT 6 BASS_OUT 7 AUX_L 8 AUX_R 14) SPDIF_IO (SPDIF In / Out Connector) The SPDIF output is capa...

Page 29 - CONTROL KEYS; Chapter 2 BIOS Setup

BIOS Setup - 29 - English BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) includes a CMOS SETUP utility which allows user to configurerequired settings or to activate certain system features.The CMOS SETUP saves the configuration in the CMOS SRAM of the motherboard.When the power is turned of f, the battery on...

Page 30 - This setup page includes all onboard peripherals.

GA-K8NS-939/GA-K8NS Pro-939 Motherboard - 30 - English The Main Menu (For example: GA-K8NS Pro-939 BIOS Ver. : D1) Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (as figure below) will appear on the screen.Use arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept or ent...

Page 31 - BIOS Setup; Set Supervisor Password; Save CMOS value settings to CMOS and exit setup.; Exit Without Saving; Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup.

BIOS Setup - 31 - English Set Supervisor Password Change, set, or disable password. It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to Setup. Set User Password Change, set, or disable password. It allows you to limit access to the system. Save & Exit ...

Page 32 - Standard CMOS Features; Date

GA-K8NS-939/GA-K8NS Pro-939 Motherboard - 32 - English 2-1 Standard CMOS Features Date The date format is <week>, <month>, <day>, <year>. Week The week, from Sun to Sat, determined by the BIOS and is display only Month The month, Jan. Through Dec. Day The day, from 1 to 31 (o...

Page 33 - Drive A

BIOS Setup - 33 - English Access Mode Use this to set the access mode for the hard drive. The two options are:Large/Auto(default:Auto) Hard drive information should be labeled on the outside drive casing. Enter the appropriate optionbased on this information. Cylinder Number of cylinders Head Number...

Page 34 - Advanced BIOS Features; Hard Disk Boot Priority

GA-K8NS-939/GA-K8NS Pro-939 Motherboard - 34 - English 2-2 Advanced BIOS Features Hard Disk Boot Priority Select boot sequence for onboard(or add-on cards) SCSI, RAID, etc.Use < > or < > to select a device, then press<+> to move it up, or <-> to move it down the list. Press&l...

Page 35 - Password Check

BIOS Setup - 35 - English Password Check System The system can not boot and can not access to Setup page will be denied if thecorrect password is not entered at the prompt. Setup The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password isnot entered at the prompt. (Default va...

Page 36 - Integrated Peripherals

GA-K8NS-939/GA-K8NS Pro-939 Motherboard - 36 - English 2-3 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Integrated Peripherals ` IDE Function Setup [Press Enter] On-Chip Primary PCI IDE [Enabled] On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE [Enabled] On-Chip LAN BOOT ROM [Disabled] ...

Page 40 - Power Management Setup

GA-K8NS-939/GA-K8NS Pro-939 Motherboard - 40 - English 2-4 Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type S1(POS) Set ACPI suspend type to S1/POS(Power On Suspend). (Default value) S3(STR) Set ACPI suspend type to S3/STR(Suspend To RAM). Soft-off by PWR-BTTN Instant-off Press power button then Power off i...

Page 41 - PnP/PCI Configurations

BIOS Setup - 41 - English Power On by Keyboard Password Enter from 1 to 5 characters to set the Keyboard Power On Password. Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) Keyboard 98 If your keyboard have "POWER Key" button, you can press the key to power on thesystem. KB Power ON Password ...

Page 42 - PC Health Status; Current CPU Temperature

GA-K8NS-939/GA-K8NS Pro-939 Motherboard - 42 - English 2-6 PC Health Status Current Voltage(V) Vcore / DDR25V / +3.3V / +12V Detect system's voltage status automatically. Current CPU Temperature Detect CPU temperature automatically. Current CPU/POWER/SYSTEM FAN Speed (RPM) Detect CPU/POWER/SYSTEM Fa...

Page 44 - Top Performance; Load Optimized Defaults

GA-K8NS-939/GA-K8NS Pro-939 Motherboard - 44 - English 2-8 Top Performance If you wish to maximize the performance of your system, set "Top Performance" as "Enabled". Disabled Disable this function. (Default Value)Enabled Enable Top Performance function. "Top Performance" wil...

Page 46 - -12 Exit Without Saving

GA-K8NS-939/GA-K8NS Pro-939 Motherboard - 46 - English 2-11 Save & Exit Setup Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS.Type "N" will return to Setup Utility. 2-12 Exit Without Saving Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility without saving...

Page 47 - Drivers Installation; Chapter 3 Drivers Installation; Install Chipset Drivers

Drivers Installation - 47 - English Pictures below are shown in Windows XP.Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive, the driverCD-title will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please double click the CD-ROMdevice icon in "My computer"...

Page 48 - Software Application

GA-K8NS-939/GA-K8NS Pro-939 Motherboard - 48 - English 3-2 Software Application This page displays all the tools that GIGABYTE developed and some free software. You can click an item toinstall it. 3-3 Software Information This page lists the contents of software and drivers in this CD-title.

Page 49 - Hardware Information; This page lists all device you have for this motherboard.; Contact Us; Please see the last page for details.

Drivers Installation - 49 - English 3-4 Hardware Information This page lists all device you have for this motherboard. 3-5 Contact Us Please see the last page for details.

Page 51 - Appendix; Chapter 4 Appendix; Unique Software Utilities; What is Xpress Recovery ?; please do not alter its size.; How to use the Xpress Recovery

Appendix - 51 - English Chapter 4 Appendix 4-1 Unique Software Utilities 4-1-1 Xpress Recovery Introduction What is Xpress Recovery ? Xpress Recovery is a utility used to back up and restore an OS partition.If the hard drive is not working properly, the user can restore the drive toits original stat...

Page 52 - Xpress Recovery in the future by pressing the F9 key.; F9 For Xpress Recovery

GA-K8NS-939/GA-K8NS Pro-939 Motherboard - 52 - English 2. Press F9 during powering on the computer. (Text Mode) 1. If you have already entered Xpress Recovery by booting from the CD-ROM, you can enter Xpress Recovery in the future by pressing the F9 key. 2. System storage capacity as well as drive r...

Page 53 - Press B to Backup your System or Esc to Exit; Restores backup image to original state.

Appendix - 53 - English 1. Execute Backup Utility: Press B to Backup your System or Esc to Exit The backup utility will automatically scan your system and back up data as a backup image in your harddrive. Not all systems support access to Xpress Recovery by pressing the F9 key during computer powero...

Page 54 - Utility; Del to enter BIOS menu.; Utility on Dual BIOS Motherboards.

GA-K8NS-939/GA-K8NS Pro-939 Motherboard - 54 - English Method 1 : Q-Flash TM Utility Q-Flash TM is a BIOS flash utility embedded in Flash ROM. With this utility, users only have to stay in the BIOS menu when they want to updateBIOS. Q-Flash TM allows users to flash BIOS without any utility in DOS or...

Page 55 - Del in the boot screen to enter BIOS menu.; Exploring the Q-Flash; / Dual BIOS utility screen

Appendix - 55 - English Entering the Q-Flash TM utility: CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) Select Language Load F...

Page 56 - Move to the BIOS file you want to flash and press

GA-K8NS-939/GA-K8NS Pro-939 Motherboard - 56 - English Dual BIOS Utility Boot From...................................... Main Bios Main ROM Type/Size...................... SST 49LF004A 512K Backup ROM Type/Size.................. SST 49LF004A 512K Wide Range Protection Disable Boot From Main Bios Aut...

Page 57 - Please do not take out the floppy disk when it begins flashing BIOS.

Appendix - 57 - English 3. Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS. Then it will begin to update BIOS. The progress of updating BIOS will be displayed. Dual BIOS Utility Boot From...................................... Main Bios Main ROM Type/Size...................... SST 4...

Page 58 - Y on your keyboard to load defaults.; Press; Y on your keyboard to save and exit.

GA-K8NS-939/GA-K8NS Pro-939 Motherboard - 58 - English CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2004 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) ESC: Quit F3: Change Lan...

Page 59 - utility screen; Move to the BIOS file you want to flash and press Enter.

Appendix - 59 - English Exploring the Q-Flash TM utility screen The Q-FlashBIOS utility screen consists of the following key components. Task menu for Q-Flash utility: Contains the names of three tasks. Blocking a task and pressing Enter key on your keyboard to enableexecution of the task. Action ba...

Page 60 - Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS.; to Load BIOS Fail-Safe Defaults, please kindly refer to Step 6 to 7 in

GA-K8NS-939/GA-K8NS Pro-939 Motherboard - 60 - English 3. Press Y button on your keyboard after you are sure to update BIOS. Then it will begin to update BIOS. The progress of updating BIOS will be shown at the same time. Q-Flash Utility V1.30 Flash Type/Size.................................SST 49LF...

Page 62 - III. In method I, if the BIOS file you need cannot be found in @BIOS; website for downloading and updating it according to method II.

GA-K8NS-939/GA-K8NS Pro-939 Motherboard - 62 - English III. Save BIOS:In the very beginning, there is "Save Current BIOS" icon shown in dialog box. It means to save thecurrent BIOS version. IV. Check out supported motherboard and Flash ROM:In the very beginning, there is "About this prog...

Page 63 - -1-3 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility Introduction; RAID Levels; nForce3 Ultra chipset supports are

Appendix - 63 - English 4-1-3 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility Introduction RAID Levels RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a method of combining two hard disk drives into one logicalunit. The advantage of an Array is to provide better performance or data fault tolerance. Fault tolerance i...

Page 64 - Configuring the NVIDIA RAID BIOS; F10 before the window disappears.

GA-K8NS-939/GA-K8NS Pro-939 Motherboard - 64 - English Please follow the steps below to construct a complete RAID array:1) Have ready your hard drives for RAID construction. Note: To achieve best performance, it is recommended that the hard drives used are of similar makeand storage capacity. 2) Ple...

Page 65 - Selecting the RAID Mode

Appendix - 65 - English Using the "Define a New Array" Window If necessary, press the tab key to move from field to field until the appropriate field is highlighted. Selecting the RAID Mode By default, this is set to Mirroring. To change to a different RAID mode, press the down arrow key unt...

Page 66 - Completing the RAID BIOS Setup; After assigning your RAID array disks, press F7. The; Clear disk data prompt appears.; Array List window appears, where you can review the

GA-K8NS-939/GA-K8NS Pro-939 Motherboard - 66 - English Completing the RAID BIOS Setup After assigning your RAID array disks, press F7. The Clear disk data prompt appears. NVIDIA RAID Utility May 10 2004 - Define a New Array - RAID Mode: Mirroring Striping Block: Optimal Free DisksLoc Disk Model Name...

Page 67 - Enter to view and verify details. The Array Detail screen appears.; At the prompt, press Y to wipe out all the data, otherwise press

Appendix - 67 - English Press Enter to view and verify details. The Array Detail screen appears. The Array Detail screen shows various information about the array that you selected, such as Striping Blockused, RAID Mode, Striping Width, Disk Model Name, and disk capacity. Array 2 : NVIDIA MIRROR 111...

Page 68 - Installing the RAID drivers

GA-K8NS-939/GA-K8NS Pro-939 Motherboard - 68 - English Installing the RAID drivers To install Windows 2000/XP onto a Serial ATA hard disk sucessfully, you need to install required driver forthe SATA controller on your motherboard during OS installation. Without the driver, the hard disk may not bere...

Page 69 - Introduction; Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings:; Sound Effect

Appendix - 69 - English 4-1-4 2- / 4- / 6- / 8- Channel Audio Function Introduction Stereo Speakers Connection and Settings: We recommend that you use the speaker with amplifier to acquire the best sound effect if the stereo outputis applied. STEP 1:Connect the stereo speakers or earphone to "Li...

Page 70 - Channel Audio Setup

GA-K8NS-939/GA-K8NS Pro-939 Motherboard - 70 - English STEP 2:Following installation of the audio driver, you'll find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. Click the icon to select the function. STEP 3:Click "Speaker Configuration" and select the "UAJFunction". Then cl...

Page 71 - Channel Audio Setup

Appendix - 71 - English STEP 2:Following installation of the audio driver, you'll find a Sound Effect icon on the lower right hand taskbar. Click the icon to select the function. STEP 3:Click "Speaker Configuration" and select the "UAJFunction". Then click on the left selection bar a...

Page 74 - Connect the SPDIF output device to the rear

GA-K8NS-939/GA-K8NS Pro-939 Motherboard - 74 - English SPDIF Output Device (Optional Device) A "SPDIF output" connector is available on themotherboard. Cable with rear bracket could link to the"SPDIF output" connector (As picture.) For thefurther linkage to decoder, rear bracket prov...

Page 75 - Jack-Sensing and UAJ Introduction

Appendix - 75 - English Jack-Sensing and UAJ Introduction Jack-Sensing provides audio connectors error-detection function. Install Microsoft DirectX8.1 or later version before to enable Jack-Sensing support for Windows98/ 98SE/ 2000/ ME. Jack-Sensing includes 2 parts: AUTO and MANUAL. Following is a...

Page 76 - UAJ Introduction

GA-K8NS-939/GA-K8NS Pro-939 Motherboard - 76 - English If you set wrong with the connectors, the warningmessage will come out as right picture. Manual setting: If the device picture shows different from what youset, please press "Manual Selection" to set. UAJ Introduction UAJ (Universal Audi...

Page 77 - Troubleshooting

Appendix - 77 - English 4-2 Troubleshooting Below is a collection of general asked questions. To check general asked questions based on a specificmotherboard model, please log on to http://www.gigabyte.com.tw Question 1: I cannot see some options that were included in previous BIOS after updating BI...

Page 78 - AMI BIOS Beep Codes

GA-K8NS-939/GA-K8NS Pro-939 Motherboard - 78 - English Question 8: Sometimes I hear different continuous beeps from computer after system boots up. What dothese beeps usually stand for?Answer: The beep codes below may help you identify the possible computer problems. However, they areonly for refere...